Potsdam PD Public Record

UNLICENSED OPERATION - POTSDAM - Village police ticketed Nathan D. Lightfoot, 24, of Massena for unnecessary noise - horn/tires, operation of a vehicle with an inadequate exhaust and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle at 12:59 a.m. Saturday following a traffic stop on Market Street. Polce said they observed Lightfoot turn off Market Street onto Elm Street and accelerate rapidly, causing the tires to lose traction and squeal. Patrol also observed the vehicle to have unreasonably loud exhaust. Police said he was subsequently charged with unlicensed operation after a DMV check of his NYS Permit showed it to be expired.

DWI - POTSDAM - Village police charged Robert A. Sanderson, 41, of Canton with driving while intoxicated and ticketed him for failure to keep right, unsafe backing and driving a motor vehicle on the sidewalk at 2:29 a.m. Saturday following a traffic stop on Depot Street.

He was arraigned iby Potsdam Village Justice Nicholas Pignone and sent to the St. Lawrence County Correctional Facility with bail set at $5,000 cash or $10,000 bond.

Police said they observed a vehicle traveling backwards in reverse in the wrong lane of travel and on the sidewalk on Depot Street at a high rate of speed. Police said Sanderson was taken in to custody and processed at Potsdam P.D., where he refused to submit to a chemical test to determine his blood alcohol content.

1052 Property damage accident at Parkway Express on Elm Street. Patrol dispatched. Suspect vehicle left the scene prior to patrols arrival. Vehicle is described as a gray Dodge Dakota being operated by a white male with a white male passenger.. If anyone has any information, please contact Potsdam Police at 315-265-2121.